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A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Lynne Gibson. Show more
Farming Today
05/10/21 Shortage of vets to carry out pig culls on farms, wine tourism
13 minutes
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More than 100,000 pigs are backed up on farms, but if a mass cull was ordered would there be enough qualified vets to carry it out? Show more
Steve Backshall presents the tree pipit. Show more
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
The Life Scientific
Hannah Cloke and predicting floods
28 minutes
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Professor Hannah Cloke of the University of Reading talks to Jim Al-Khalili about predicting this summer's serious floods and why lives shouldn't have been lost. . Show more
One to One
Faces of Fame: Janet Ellis meets Jackie Weaver
14 minutes
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Jackie Weaver was the name on everyone's lips when she successfully shut down several unruly attendees of a local government Zoom meeting. So what does instant fame feel like?
Woman's Hour
Anita Hill on her book Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence.
58 minutes
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Anita Hill. Why talking to people we don't know can be good for us. How can we best discuss the issues of safety with girls and young women? Musician Fatma Said. Show more
An insight into the gruelling work of public service interpreters in the UK, a job where every word matters, revealed through the story of Isaac, a Glasgow-based Urdu interpreter. Show more
The End of the World Has Already Happened
1: We're doomed!
28 minutes
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Philosopher Timothy Morton explores our psychological relationship with the climate crisis. Show more
A love affair between a teenage boy and an older woman is at the heart of this parable about the post-WWII generation in Germany grappling with the horrors of the Holocaust. Show more
You and Yours
Call You and Yours: How are you coping with the rising cost of living?
39 minutes
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How are you coping with the rising cost of living?
Email youandyours@bbc.co.uk and leave your phone number. Show more
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Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
A Home of Our Own
Crowborough Road, Tooting, South London
14 minutes
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Lynsey Hanley explores why 32-year-old Danielle still lives with mum Lydia 11 years after graduating. NHS worker Danielle wants to buy a home but has been priced out of her area. Show more
Brian meets his match and Chelsea throws a spanner in the works. Show more
Battles, blunders and betrayals as The National's Board attempts to find someone to succeed Sir Laurence Olivier as Artistic Director of the financially troubled theatre. Show more
Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits. Show more
Costing the Earth
Earthshot: Fresh Ideas For the Environment
28 minutes
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The Earthshot Prize aims to encourage simple but ambitious ideas to reverse the damage we've done to this planet. Chhavi Sachdev meets the first group of nominees. Show more
Katy Long investigates 100 years of refugee politics. Show more
The pianist and broadcaster Neil Brand and actor Tiff Stevenson choose books they love Show more
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.
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Six O'Clock News
05/10/2021 The Home Secretary has announced inquiry into how Sarah Everard's killer was allowed to serve in the Met police
30 minutes
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The Home Secretary has announced an inquiry into how Sarah Everard's killer was allowed to serve as a Metropolitan police officer - despite concerns about his behaviour.
Comedic quiz hosted by Richard Osman posing one question - do you know how old people are? Three guests battle to prove they're the best at working out ages. Show more
Ben is desperate to impress and Amy bares her soul Show more
Front Row
Wole Soyinka, post-pandemic theatre, Michael Winterbottom
42 minutes
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Wole Soyinka on his new novel, post-pandemic theatre, Michael Winterbottom and Cathy Brady on British film. Show more
File on 4
Pandora Papers: From Bribery to the British High Street
37 minutes
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Using leaked offshore documents, Felicity Hannah follows a trail of money tainted by bribery and corruption to see how it ended up in property investments on the UK’s high streets. Show more
In Touch
Banks and ATMs; Assistive Tech for Work
19 minutes
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On the program, we're discussing the decline of bank branches and cash machines in the UK. Do you prefer to use cash or visit a branch? Show more
Inside Health
The Nobel Prize for Medicine, new plans to add nutrients to foods
28 minutes
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The Nobel Prize for Medicine, new plans to add nutrients to foods. Show more
The Life Scientific
Hannah Cloke and predicting floods
28 minutes
on BBC Radio 4 LWAvailable for over a year
Professor Hannah Cloke of the University of Reading talks to Jim Al-Khalili about predicting this summer's serious floods and why lives shouldn't have been lost. . Show more
Biggest Russian bombardment on Ukraine yet
Boris Johnson says UK has been too reliant on foreign labour
45 minutes
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In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
A love affair between a teenage boy and an older woman is at the heart of this parable about the post-WWII generation in Germany grappling with the horrors of the Holocaust. Show more
Fortunately... with Fi and Jane
205. Paddling Pools and Remaining Desirable, with your Emails.
46 minutes
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On this week's podcast, Fi and Jane rifle through some interesting listener emails from the past month. Show more
Bob Geldof & The Boomtown Rats face audience questions about 1978’s album 'A Tonic for the Troops'. With John Wilson. From 2014. Show more
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Andrew Roberts' new biography of this most maligned sovereign reveals a monarch to admire. Read by Ben Miller. Episode 2: The King is unwell. Show more
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